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Other online meeting tools

Microsoft Teams is our approved tool for teaching, research and online meetings. Here we share how you can safely use other online meeting tools to attend meetings hosted by other organisations

Other online meeting tools can be used to attend meetings hosted by other organisations

Some external organisations choose to use other online meeting tools such as Google Meet, Webex or Zoom. If a login is required by the meeting organiser, you can create a free account to access these meetings. We recommend following the guidelines below to keep your data and our systems safe.

Regularly

  • Update the application so it has the latest security changes.
  • Review our essential tools for updates which might negate the need to use other tools.

Always

  • Check Twice, Click Once when opening links and files shared by attendees.

Consider

  • Using the web client rather than the application to attend sessions.

Avoid

  • Sharing meeting links on social media.
  • Creating a free account using your university email address or username.

Other online meeting tools may not be used to host teaching, learning, research or online meetings

Microsoft Teams has now been adopted across many of our partnerships. This change enables us to enhance consistency across our university. Therefore Microsoft Teams is our approved platform to host teaching, learning, research and online meetings.

Please regularly review the updated functionality to get the most from Microsoft Teams, in conjunctions with Panopto, Moodle and TurnItIn, to ensure students benefit from a consistent approach. To help with this we publish regular updates on new functionality added by Microsoft on Internal News.

Help Documentation

Zoom: Getting Started from the Zoom Help Center.

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